Mutinous troops end 19 hour Manila standoff at Glorietta
In Manila the mutinous troops who seized a shopping and apartment complex returned to barracks after a 19 hour standoff. President Arroyo announced the crisis was over in a televised address. Explosives inside Glorietta were defused as troops retreated. 296 soldiers including 70 officers were to face prosecution.
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Israel approves release of Palestinian militants
Israel's Cabinet voted 14 to 9 to release up to 100 jailed Islamic militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, easing pressure in peace talks and strengthening Prime Minister Ariel Sharon before his talks with President Bush. The move comes amid three years of violence linked to bombings that killed hundreds in Israel.
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MCI cost-saving scheme under federal inquiry
Federal investigators probe an MCI cost-saving project alleged to avoid local access charges. Lawyers say the Canadian Gateway scheme is central, with witnesses noting the longtime practice of access charges and MCI’s cooperation.
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Iraq
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Firefighters fight Glacier National Park blaze with backfire
Crews started a defensive backfire Sunday along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River to save Glacier National Park headquarters and more than 500 homes and summer cabins as a 9300 acre fire threatened the region. Evacuation plans were ready for West Glacier residents and remaining park workers.
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Flathead River
National Park
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Park
U.S. urges rebels to pull back from Monrovia
U S ambassador John Blaney urged the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy to retreat to the Po River boundary to allow aid into Monrovia. Rebels led by Sekou Conneh said they would fall back only with peacekeepers in place as US warships await authorization to support a West African peace force.
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John Blaney
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Sekou Conneh
Associated Press
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Hunt for Saddam intensifies near Tikrit during raids
U S and Iraqi troops press an aggressive search around Tikrit after a near miss in a pre dawn raid to seize Saddam Hussein security chief. A U S soldier died south of Baghdad as raids detain about 25 people and continue across Tikrit and Mosul amid rising guerrilla attacks.
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Qusai Hussein
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Odai
Tary
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Rabiah Muhammed al-Habib
al- Habib
Richard Myers
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Network stars join American Dreams season cast
Singers Kelly Clarkson Alicia Keys and Monica join American Dreams season set in the 1960s with Clarkson playing Brenda Lee and singing Sweet Nothings Monica portraying Mary Wells singing My Guy Keys as Fontella Bass performing Rescue Me Hilary and Haylie Duff appear as the Shangri Las singing a 1960s hit Separately Christopher Reeve travels to Israel to study spinal injuries and stem cell research visiting institutions and meeting officials and PM Ariel Sharon Beckenham?
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Sing Lee
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Mary Wells
Motown
My Guy
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Fontella Bass
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Haylie Duff
Jerusalem
Christopher Reeve
Israel
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Nuns’ antiwar protests target missile site M-11 in Colorado
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered across Colorado and Nebraska to protest the Minuteman III missile site M-11 near Denver and other sites. Three pacifist nuns Jackie Hudson Ardeth Platte and Carol Gilbert were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to three and a half years with probation.
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